Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senator John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, speaks to a member of the media following a party caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senator John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, speaks to a member of the media following a party caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Representative Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, second right, speaks to members of the media about fiscal negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Representative Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, second right, speaks to members of the media about fiscal negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, center, speaks to members of the media about fiscal negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, center, speaks to members of the media about fiscal negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senator Bob Corker, a Republican from Tennessee, speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senator Bob Corker, a Republican from Tennessee, speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, center, speaks to members of the media about fiscal negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, center, speaks to members of the media about fiscal negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, speaks to members of the media about the fiscal crisis negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. McCain said his fellow Republicans will stop insisting on using a new inflation measure that would lead to smaller Social Security cost-of-living increases. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, speaks to members of the media about the fiscal crisis negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. McCain said his fellow Republicans will stop insisting on using a new inflation measure that would lead to smaller Social Security cost-of-living increases. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican form Maine, speaks to members of the media about the fiscal crisis negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. “The one thing Congress is predictable about, and that is waiting until the very last hour, and maybe it is going to be the eleventh hour,” Snowe said. “We got one more day.” Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican form Maine, speaks to members of the media about the fiscal crisis negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. “The one thing Congress is predictable about, and that is waiting until the very last hour, and maybe it is going to be the eleventh hour,” Snowe said. “We got one more day.” Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, center, walks out of a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senator Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, center, walks out of a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senator Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, center, speaks to members of the media following a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senator Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, center, speaks to members of the media following a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senator Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, center, walks out of a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senator Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, center, walks out of a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senator Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, center, walks out of a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senator Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, center, walks out of a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senator Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senator Kent Conrad, a Democrat from North Dakota, speaks to members of the media following a party caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senator Kent Conrad, a Democrat from North Dakota, speaks to members of the media following a party caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senator John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, right, speaks to members of the media following a party caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senator John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, right, speaks to members of the media following a party caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, is escorted through a crowd of reporters as he walks to the Senate Floor following a party caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, is escorted through a crowd of reporters as he walks to the Senate Floor following a party caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

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Senator Kent Conrad, a Democrat from North Dakota, speaks with members of the media outside of the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Senator Kent Conrad, a Democrat from North Dakota, speaks with members of the media outside of the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images